International. Alpha Technologies announced that 100% of its power equipment for header systems meets or exceeds the requirements of the SCTE 186 specification and anticipates that all state-of-the-art header products will also do so.
The announcement was made in conjunction with a scte energy 2020 plenary session in Herndon, Virginia. Energy 2020 is the cable industry's international program to reduce consumption and projected energy costs by up to 25% on a unit basis by the end of the current decade.
"Meeting the SCTE 186 specification will make it easier for us to design, manufacture and test products that meet our customers' needs," said John Hewitt, alpha's vice president of broadband sales and product management. "And, in turn, this supports our goal of offering products with the highest reliability at a competitive price."
SCTE 186 is one of the first specifications in the series of standards being created by the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) to drive energy management in the cable telecommunications industry. SCTE 186 defines common environmental and sustainability requirements for critical operations facility equipment.
"The support of Alpha Technologies and other vendors is critical to accelerating the design and manufacture of products that meet the requirements of SCTE 186," said Dan Cooper, vice president of critical infrastructure for Time Warner Cable and chair of the ENERGY Management Subcommittee of the SCTE Specification Program.
SCTE 186 significantly improves energy efficiency and increases product reliability by establishing sustainability, environmental, electrical and other requirements for the design, manufacture, selection and installation of new equipment.
